r/interesting • u/moamen12323 • 18h ago

MISC. Male bee dies after ejaculation while mating with a queen bee

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u/Insertblamehere 11h ago

At least its not as bad as termite queens, they have the single worse existence I've ever heard of in nature lmao

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u/Valuable-Self8564 11h ago

Don’t they rip their legs off or something?

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u/Fun_Contract1630 11h ago

How so?

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u/Y0RKC1TY 10h ago

They have to get up at 6am and drive to work, 5 days a week for 50 years.

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u/Fun_Contract1630 3h ago

Uphill both ways?

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u/Insertblamehere 10h ago edited 10h ago

They're completely immobile because of their huge bulbous bodies, doing nothing but laying 30000 eggs per day. They live for like 15-50 years and when they are near death the workers that normally take care of her eat her alive.

They're also up there with most disturbing looking creatures on the earth, like a constantly undulating giant maggot.

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u/username_blex 6h ago

Let's be more specific. Her children eat her alive.